How Technology Has Changed Society As We Know It

If you take a look at the people that you see around you, what do you notice? Is there something different about the way we talk, act, or carry on our business? One thing you may notice when observing society today is that almost everyone you see can be found using some form of the latest technology. Whether it be something as simple as a cell phone, or something as trendy as a tablet pc; anywhere you look in today’s society, you are bound to find someone attached to their favorite high-tech gadgets. With this being said; has technology changed the face of society and the culture of humanity forever? It seems as if only yesterday, it was a luxury to own such a fine piece of technology, such as a laptop.

The much bulkier models of yesterday were not as convenient as the condensed versions we know today as net books. A cell phone was something hard-wired into your vehicle, only accessible in emergency situations and the subscription fee attached to the service was highly overpriced. Now, owning a cell phone is more like a necessity that most people cannot live without and most laptops fit conveniently into any purse or briefcase, and in some instances, can even fit easily in your back pocket!Instead of talking to each other; people are texting instant messages back and forth over a cellular frequency. Parents that work in another part of the country and soldiers at war for the sake of our freedom and national security are tucking in their children over the World Wide Web on live video conferences. The way people communicate with each other has totally changed in a way our ancestors would have never imagined. Beginning with crude pictures of the stars and sky carved into the damp walls of some ancient cave; to get a message through to our friends and business colleagues, we now send words through time and space, itself!Technology may have changed the culture of the world for the better and has totally changed the way society acts and functions in a number of ways. However, we must also look at the negative ways that technology has affected our society as well. The courtesy that we have for one another seems to have nearly disappeared. If you happen to be in the grocery store, you will surely notice a clumsy tech-head mistake a fellow shopper for the corner they thought they were maneuvering around. Eating out at a restaurant can easily be turned into an unexpected and one-sided eaves-dropping session that you cannot block out. Anyone can also probably remember a time where being cut-off by someone using a mobile phone nearly resulted in an automobile accident.Depending on how a person looks at this situation, the opinions that they form may differ in many ways. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to notice the difference however. Technology has definitely changed society and culture forever. Whether it has changed for the best, or changed for the worst, is really determined by you.